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Selections for Kilbeggan – June 15th 2026
4.40: LE COQ HARDI (MIKE O’CONNOR/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.12: MILAN FORTH – EW – (KEVIN HEALY (7)/SIMON CAVANAGH) 5.42: VENNUSIENNE (AIDAN KELLY (3)/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.12: SILVER SALUTE – EW – (JOEY DUNNE (7)/IAN DONOGHUE) 6.42: ISLAND MCCOO (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (7)/DONNCHA DUGGAN) 7.12: LOVE LIKE THIS – EW – (BRIAN BARRY (7)/JOHN RYAN) 7.42: JACOVIC CAVERN…
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Foley fires the clincher in Salvation Saturday Act II
MEATH… 4-15 CARLOW… 1-12 Having backed the footballers to beat Derry at 2/1 early last week, the only regret was there were no odds available on (a) the camogie team doing likewise against Carlow or (b) the double. Now read on… In so many ways, the scenarios facing both sides were the same. At an…
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Selections for Cork – June 14th 2026
2.07: NEW BOND STREET (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 2.37: COLLECTING COIN – EW – (KEITHEN KENNEDY (5)/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 3.07: GRAND CUVEE – EW – (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/FOZZY STACK) 3.38: OH KEKE (BILLY LEE/EDDIE LYNAM) 4.13: TREASURED ROYAL – EW – (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 4.48: SPARAN NUA (NATHAN CROSSE/JIM BOLGER) 5.23: BEAR RIGHT – EW – (SCOTT MCCULLAGH/JESSIE…
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Selections for Downpatrick – June 14th 2026
1.50: SOUND JUDGEMENT (JOSH WILLIAMSON/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.20: IN THE TRENCHES (EOGHAN FINEGAN (7)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.50: HILLHEAD RUNNER – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (7)/CHARLES BYRNES) 3.20: METAMORPHEUS – EW – (AIDAN KELLY (3)/ANDY MCNAMARA) 3.55: LUMIERE DU LARGE – EW – (JAMES SMITH (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.30: OH SO CHARMING (KEVIN HEALY (7)/DECLAN QUEALLY) 5.05: CHURCHFIELD ANNIE…
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Vineyard masters come up trumps for Brennan’s braves
MEATH…1-24 DERRY…1-20 If the old adage about wine getting better with age has any credence to it, Meath fans will be dreaming of what may be still to come from Donal Keogan and Bryan Menton after the two great warriors of their generation delivered Herculean efforts as Robbie Brennan’s brave lads silenced a lot of…
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Meath Camogs v. Carlow
Meath Meath Stephen Shiel has shown his hand ahead of today’s All Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship shootout against the Barrowsiders at Netwatch Dr Cullen Park. The equation for Shiel’s side is simple – they must conquer their hosts and do so by enough to leave themselves with a superior score difference to the red, yellow…
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Selections for Downpatrick – June 13th 2026
1.25: BROSNA QUEEN – EW – (RICKY DOYLE/SONNY CAREY) 2.00: ARCLAND – EW – (EOGHAN FINEGAN (7)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.35: HITTHEHAYSON – EW – (JOEY DUNNE (7)/IAN DONOGHUE) 3.10: HEY BABBS – EW – (DAIRE MCGILL (7)/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 3.45: DRIVEONWILL (SHANE MARKEY (7)/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 4.20: TROPICAL IMAGE (MIKE O’CONNOR/EOIN MCCARTHY) 4.55: SHANTOU SHOW – EW –…
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If we play as selected we’ve a great chance
Having just typed the above headline, I realise there’s probably as much chance of me walking down for a pint as there is of the said eventuality coming to pass, but, even in light of the cataclysmic loss of Ruairi Kinsella, the listed half forward line has me salivating at what might be possible if…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – June 12th 2026
4.27: SWITCHING SIDES (SHANE FOLEY/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 5.02: STONE BEAR – EW – (NICOLA BURNS (7)/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 5.37: DERVO ANNIE (COLIN KEANE/CLAIRE O’CONNELL) 6.10: ALNOFOOR (COLIN KEANE/CLAIRE O’CONNELL) 6.45: MOSS TUCKER – EW – (BILLY LEE/KEN CONDON) 7.20: SLURRICANE – EW – (SHANE MARKEY (7)/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 7.55: MA BELLE ETOILLE – EW – (BILLY LEE/HENRY DE…
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Selections for Gowran – June 12th 2026
4.15: FOLSOM BLUES (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.50: APOTHIC RED – EW – (SADHBH TORMEY (7)/TOM MCCOURT) 5.23: GREYDREAMBELIEVER (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.58: THE ROCK FACTOR – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/EMMET MULLINS) 6.33: RAYZERA (RORY MULLIGAN (2*) /JOHNNY MURTAGH) 7.08: PINK CORAL – EW – (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 7.43: IRON FIST – W/O FAV…
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